binaryreader.h

C++ class libraries for network-centric, portable applications, integrated perfectly with the C++ St

//
// BinaryReader.h
//
// $Id: //poco/1.2/Foundation/include/Poco/BinaryReader.h#1 $
//
// Library: Foundation
// Package: Streams
// Module:  BinaryReaderWriter
//
// Definition of the BinaryReader class.
//
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#ifndef Foundation_BinaryReader_INCLUDED
#define Foundation_BinaryReader_INCLUDED


#include "Poco/Foundation.h"
#include <istream>


namespace Poco {


class Foundation_API BinaryReader
	/// This class reads basic types in binary form into an input stream.
	/// It provides an extractor-based interface similar to istream.
	/// The reader also supports automatic conversion from big-endian
	/// (network byte order) to little-endian and vice-versa.
	/// Use a BinaryWriter to create a stream suitable for a BinaryReader.
{
public:
	enum StreamByteOrder
	{
		NATIVE_BYTE_ORDER        = 1,  /// the host's native byte-order
		BIG_ENDIAN_BYTE_ORDER    = 2,  /// big-endian (network) byte-order
		NETWORK_BYTE_ORDER       = 2,  /// big-endian (network) byte-order
		LITTLE_ENDIAN_BYTE_ORDER = 3,  /// little-endian byte-order
		UNSPECIFIED_BYTE_ORDER   = 4   /// unknown, byte-order will be determined by reading the byte-order mark
	};

	BinaryReader(std::istream& istr, StreamByteOrder byteOrder = NATIVE_BYTE_ORDER);
		/// Creates the BinaryReader.

	~BinaryReader();
		/// Destroys the BinaryReader.

	BinaryReader& operator >> (bool& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (char& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (unsigned char& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (signed char& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (short& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (unsigned short& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (int& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (unsigned int& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (long& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (unsigned long& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (float& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (double& value);

#if defined(POCO_HAVE_INT64) && !defined(POCO_LONG_IS_64_BIT)
	BinaryReader& operator >> (Int64& value);
	BinaryReader& operator >> (UInt64& value);
#endif

	BinaryReader& operator >> (std::string& value);

	void read7BitEncoded(UInt32& value);
		/// Reads a 32-bit unsigned integer in compressed format.
		/// See BinaryWriter::write7BitEncoded() for a description
		/// of the compression algorithm.

#if defined(POCO_HAVE_INT64)
	void read7BitEncoded(UInt64& value);
		/// Reads a 64-bit unsigned integer in compressed format.
		/// See BinaryWriter::write7BitEncoded() for a description
		/// of the compression algorithm.
#endif

	void readRaw(int length, std::string& value);
		/// Reads length bytes of raw data into value.

	void readBOM();
		/// Reads a byte-order mark from the stream and configures
		/// the reader for the encountered byte order.
		/// A byte-order mark is a 16-bit integer with a value of 0xFEFF,
		/// written in host byte order.
		
	bool good();
		/// Returns _istr.good();
		
	bool fail();
		/// Returns _istr.fail();

	bool bad();
		/// Returns _istr.bad();
	
	bool eof();
		/// Returns _istr.eof();

	std::istream& stream() const;
		/// Returns the underlying stream.
		
	StreamByteOrder byteOrder() const;
		/// Returns the byte-order used by the reader, which is
		/// either BIG_ENDIAN_BYTE_ORDER or LITTLE_ENDIAN_BYTE_ORDER.

private:
	std::istream& _istr;
	bool          _flipBytes; 
};


//
// inlines
//


inline bool BinaryReader::good()
{
	return _istr.good();
}

	
inline bool BinaryReader::fail()
{
	return _istr.fail();
}


inline bool BinaryReader::bad()
{
	return _istr.bad();
}


inline bool BinaryReader::eof()
{
	return _istr.eof();
}


inline std::istream& BinaryReader::stream() const
{
	return _istr;
}

	
inline BinaryReader::StreamByteOrder BinaryReader::byteOrder() const
{
#if defined(POCO_ARCH_BIG_ENDIAN)
	return _flipBytes ? LITTLE_ENDIAN_BYTE_ORDER : BIG_ENDIAN_BYTE_ORDER;
#else
	return _flipBytes ? BIG_ENDIAN_BYTE_ORDER : LITTLE_ENDIAN_BYTE_ORDER;
#endif
}


} // namespace Poco


#endif // Foundation_BinaryReader_INCLUDED